1. Writing Bodies, BlurringBoundaries:SignWriting practicesreflecting and producingnew analyses of languageErika Hoffmann-DillowayOberlin College

2. Im a linguistic anthropologist,studying:Nepali Sign Language SignWriting 3. Linguistic AnthropologyLanguage use in contextCommunicative ecologiesLanguage ideologies 4. Writing systems and practicesreflect and produce languageideologies 5. SW practices create opportunities toreconsider commonly acceptedboundaries between:1. linguistic and paralinguistic phenomena2. visual and aural modalities3. different social groups 6. The Cat in the Hat 7. The Cat in the HatHow much of it needs tobe written? I amlooking at the door, andthe cat coming in, andback to the audienceseveral times in that veryshort sequence. This issomething I struggle withon a regular basis. Howmuch detail is too much,how much is necessary?I am trying to tease outthe required grammaticalbits. 8. Excerpt from The Cat in the Hat (encodingeyegaze to audience as well as figures inthe story) 9. Looking through - and/orfeeling - your face